Judge says Mueller team just prosecuting Manafort to get him to 'sing' about Trump

A federal judge in Virginia on Friday sharply questioned the motivations of special counsel Robert Mueller III's fraud prosecution of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, saying it was aimed at getting him to provide evidence against the president.Judge T.S. Ellis III's comments came during a hearing in Alexandria federal court, where attorneys for Paul Manafort argued that bank- and tax-fraud charges against him are outside the scope of the special counsel's authority. While the judge has yet to rule and indicated that he may well decide in favor of prosecutors, his scrutiny of their approach quickly became a rallying cry for supporters of the president.Read More: http://www.chicagotribune.com

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